List of animals culled in zoos

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Culling animals in zoos is the process of segregating animals from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics; the process often ends with the segregated animals being killed. Several reasons are given for culling in zoos, including a lack of space, the genes of the culled animals are over-represented in the zoo population, the (young) animal might be attacked or killed, or the culled animals have contracted a disease.

List

The following is a list of animals that have been culled and euthanised in zoos and wildlife (safari) parks.

Country Zoo Species

(Common name)

 Species

(Taxonomic name)

 Year Number Reason given by zoo Source
Denmark Copenhagen Zoo Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis 2014 1

(Marius)

 Surplus to breeding requirements [1]
Denmark Odense Zoo Lion Panthera leo 2014 2 [2]
Germany Magdeburg Zoo Siberian tiger Panthera tigris altaica 2010 3

(cubs)

 Cubs were hybrids[3][better source needed] [2]
England Woburn Safari Park Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta 2000 215 Infected with a virus [4]
Switzerland Bern Zoo Namibian lion Panthera leo 2007 2

(cubs)

 Insufficient space [5]
Scotland Edinburgh Zoo Red river hog Potamochoerus porcus 2010 2

(piglets)

 Surplus to requirements [6]
England Paignton Zoo Peacock 2007 7 Complaints from neighbours about noise [7]
Switzerland Dahlholzli Zoo Brown bear Ursus arctos 2014 1

(cub)

 Risk of being killed by father [8]
Denmark Copenhagen Zoo Leopard Panthera pardus 2012 2

(cubs)

 Genes were over-represented [9]
Denmark Copenhagen Zoo Lion Panthera leo 2014 4

(including 2 cubs)

 To make space for another male [10]
England Longleat Safari Park Lion Panthera leo 2014 7 Health reasons [11]
Australia Adelaide zoo Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 2014 1

Greater (flamingo)

 Arthritis [12]
Canada Assiniboine Park Zoo Polar bear Ursus maritimus 2008 1

Debby (polar bear)

 Multiple organ failure [13]
United States Central Park Zoo Polar bear Ursus maritimus 2013 1

Gus (polar bear)

 Inoperable tumour [14]
Spain Barcelona Zoo Western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla 2003 1

Snowflake (gorilla)

 Skin cancer [15]
Netherlands Dolfinarium Harderwijk Walrus Odobenus rosmarus 2013 1

Igor (walrus)

 Shoulder-joint problems [16]
Germany Leipzig Zoo Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana 2011 1

Heidi (opposum)

 Age-related health problems [17]
United States Wild Adventures Theme Park Asian elephant Elephas maximus 2011 1

Queenie (waterskiing elephant)

 Deteriorating health [18]
United States Oklahoma City Zoo Sea lion 2010 1

Midge the Sea Lion

 Lung cancer [19]
New Zealand Auckland Zoo Asian elephant 2009 1

Kashin (elephant)

 Arthritis and foot abscess [20]
Australia Southern Ash Wildlife Centre Koala 2009 1

Sam (koala)

 Urogenital chlamydiosis [21]
United States Birmingham Zoo Western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla 2008 1

Babec

 [citation needed]
United States Santa Barbara Zoo Rothschild's giraffe G. c. rothschild 2008 1

Gemina (giraffe)

 Deteriorating health [22]
United States Dallas Zoo Western lowland gorilla 2008 1

Jenny (gorilla)

 Inoperable tumour [23]

Summary quotes

  • "...five giraffes have been put down by zoos in Denmark since 2012."[24]
  • "Dr Lesley Dickie, executive director of EAZA, [said] that between 3,000 and 5,000 healthy animals are put down every year across Europe. 'That’s our estimate for all animals management euthanised in the zoo, be it tadpoles up until a giraffe'. Among those killed were 22 healthy zebras, four hippos and two Arabian Oryx were also put down. The Oryx were killed at Edinburgh and London zoos in 2000 and 2001."[24]

See also

References

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External links

EAZA statement on euthanasisa. [1]

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